<p class="text2">Henri Mouhot (May 15, 1826 &mdash; November 10, 1861) was a French naturalist and explorer of the mid-19th century. He was born in Montb&eacute;liard, Doubs, France - near the Swiss border, but spent his childhood in Russia and possibly, parts of Asia. He died near Naphan, Laos. He is remembered mostly in connection to Angkor.<br /><br /></p>
<p><span class="text2">Mouhot's travel journals are immortalized in Voyage dans les royaumes de Siam, de Cambodge, de Laos et autres parties centrales de l'Indochine (published 1863, 1864) -- English title: Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China, Cambodia and Laos During the Years 1858,1859, and 1860.</span><br /><br /></p>
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